六級段落翻譯_發(fā)展與環(huán)境

發(fā)展與環(huán)境

工業(yè)強國的發(fā)展史無不伴隨著環(huán)境污染，中國顯然也不例外。中國崛起的速度和規(guī)模帶來了史無前例的污染問題。公眾健康正在受到威脅。據(jù)衛(wèi)生部的統(tǒng)計，污染已經(jīng)使癌癥成為中國的頭號殺手。每年僅僅是周圍 （ambient）的空氣污染就造成了成千上萬人的死亡。工廠排放的廢氣和汽車引擎產(chǎn)生的尾氣所造成的霧霾 （haze）已使成百上千架北京及其周邊地區(qū)的航班取消。在空氣污染嚴重的時候，商店里的口罩一度脫銷?，F(xiàn)在，中國政府正在努力解決這一問題，以卸下長期壓在人們身上的精神負擔。

翻譯點撥

1. 顯然也不例外：翻譯為is clearly not an exception。

2. 史無前例：翻譯為unprecedented。

3. 據(jù)衛(wèi)生部的統(tǒng)計……：翻譯為...according to the Ministry of Health。此處在譯成英文時有語序的調(diào)整，在翻譯時要多留意。

4. 汽車引擎產(chǎn)生的尾氣：spew這個詞是噴涌的意思，形象地描繪出發(fā)動機排放尾氣時的情形。

5. 卸下……負擔：翻譯為provide relief of the long-term burden on its people。此處也可以用relief的動詞形式relieve，翻譯成relieve the long-term burden on its people。

參考譯文

Development and Environment

No country in history has become a major industrial power without creating a legacy of environmental damage. China is clearly not an exception. The speed and scale of China's rise has brought an unprecedented pollution problem. Public health is under threat. Pollution has made cancer China's leading cause of death according to the Ministry of Health. Ambient air pollution alone is blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. The haze day formed by the factories and spewing automobile engines has caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled in and around Beijing. Stores were selling out of face masks at one time when there was severe air pollution. Nowadays, the government is struggling to figure out this problem and provide relief of the long-term mental burden on its people.

知識小貼士

PM，英文全稱為particulate matter（顆粒物）。PM2.5是指大氣中直徑（diameter）小于或等于2.5微米的顆粒物，中文名稱為細顆粒物。它的直徑還不到人的頭發(fā)絲粗細的1/20。雖然PM2.5只是地球大氣成分中含量很少的組成部分，但它對空氣質(zhì)量和能見度（visibility）等有重要的影響。在城市空氣質(zhì)量日報或周報中的可吸入顆粒物和總懸浮顆粒物是人們較為熟悉的兩種大氣污染物?？晌腩w粒物又稱為PM10，指直徑小于或等于10微米，可以進入人的呼吸系統(tǒng)的顆粒物；總懸浮顆粒物也稱為PM100，指直徑小于和等于100微米的顆粒物。